Monday, April 4, 2011

In the early 1970s girl bands started to come into their modern form. I place this firmly on the shoulders of 6 women: Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart), Joan Jett, Cherie Curry, Lita Ford and Sandy West (The Runaways, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts). Those girls play some mean guitar and you can really hear the beginnings of modern womens' music in the sound and the lyrics. The formation ofBlackheart Records by Joan Jett as a response to the abuses and rejection she had suffered at the hands of major labels was revolutionary, not only for a woman, but was a major influence in beginning the DIY, independent label which was and still is a crucial part of many musical genres.

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After nearly a year of Song of the Day posts on Facebook I am starting a music blog. For those days when just a few characters isn't enough to fill my musical thoughts.This is meant as a journal for teaching my kids about the importance of music and music history. Monday through Saturday will be generally be rock related, though not always. Sundays we will go into other genres from Swing to Jazz to Musicals to Classical. Not sure if you'll read me, not sure if you'll care. But you are invited to tune in to check out new and old tunes with me in bite-sized digestible trax.*j